Radiator hanger



Jan. 12 1926. 1,569,050

H. A. SWARTZ, JR

RADIATOR HANGER Filed July 14, 1925 hanger by means of which the radiator may be supported at two distances out from the i To all whom t may concern.

Patented Jan. 1K2, 1926.

.j UNITED-STA TES PATENT oFFIclfzLl NRY A. SWARTZ, JR., OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOB T0 OCONNELL, SR., 0F ST. PAUL,- MINNESOTA.

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'l ,Application led July 14, 1928. SerialrNo. 651,620.

Be it known that I,'HENRY A. SwAa'rz',

Jr., a citizenof the United States, residing\ at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new anduseful Im rovement in Radiator Hangers, of which t e following is a specication. 4

and has for an object to provide a radiator wall to accomodate the 'installation of radiators in buildings where the mop board interferes with the radiator and where the same does not interfere with -the radiator.

A still further object resides in providing a member adaptedl to be attached' to the walls of the building, whichmembercarries a rod having at its lower end a supporting shoe on which the .radiator rests, which shoe is provided with an. adjustable arm" by means of which the lower end of the radiator may be adjusted outwardly fromA the wall and may be moved outwardly from the wall to any desired position.

A further object resides in providing said support with two outstanding legs to which said rod may be attached, said point of attachment differing on the two legs so that the rod may be positioned two distances from the wall to which the support is attached.

A still further object resides in providing an attaching member secured to said support by means of which the upper portion of the radiator may be held in place, which attaching member has an adjustable device connected with the same adapted to connect between the radiator sections regardless of the position of the support relative thereto.

In carrying out my objects, I construct the support for the device of angular metal having unequal legs, which legs are provided with -apertures situated at diderent distances from the corner of the support and which are arranged to be attached to the wall with the one leg outstanding so that the hanger rod attached thereto may be situated at either of two respective dis tances from the wall as required.

I further arrange the arm attached to the supporting shoe in slidable relation thereto so that the samemay be adjusted to set the radiator in the desired relation to the wall regardless of the position of the mop board in respect to the radiator. Further objects of the. invention reside 1n the detailed construction thereof as brought out in the following description and claims. i

In the drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is aside elevational view of my invention illustrating the same used in conjunction with a building having no mop boari.

F1 ure 2 is a view'similar to Figure 1 illustrating'the application of my inven- 7 tion toa building where .the bottom of the radiator comes below the mop board.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken o'n line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view `taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2. A Figure 5 is a sectional view taken 5-5 of Figure 3. C

In Figure 2, I have -illustrated a portion of a building having a wall 10 and a `floor 11 with a mop board 12 attached to the base of the wall 10. I have further shown an ordinary radiator A comprised of a number ofsections 13, 14 and 15 which may be connected together by nipples 16 in the usual 'manner to form a complete structure without legs or other support and which is adapted to be hung from the wall of the building. j

My invention consists primarily of a support 17 which may beconstructed out of angle iron having a short leg 18 and a long leg- 19. This support is drilled with two holes 20 and 21, which holes are situated centrally of the support in a transverse direction. As will be noted in Figon line u're 2,' the hole 21 is positioned. a greater shorter leg 18 is positioned adjacent the wall 10 with the longer leg 19 extending outwardly therefrom, as is clearly noted in Figure 2. Although I have shown a la'g screw, it can clearly be understood that an expansion bolt or other fastening. means may be used in place thereof, if desired.

Passing through the hole 21, I employ a vertical rod 24 which has screwed upon one end of it a nut 25 and upon the other end another nut 26. This rod hangs downwardly along the wall and has resting uponf the nut 26 a shoe 27 which has a protruding portion 28 of slender dimensions adapted to extend in between the radiator sections 13, 14 and 15 and to engage beneath the portion of the same adjacent the nipples 16 to support the radiator from the rear portion'of the same.`

The shoe 27 may be cast or the same may be constructed of a single piece of sheet meta-l as shown in Figure 4, the sheet metal being bent with a looped portion 29 adapted to 1 pass about the rod 24 and with a third portion 30 lying adjacent the body thereof. A bolt 31 passing through the portion 30 in the body of the said shoe serves to hold the same in proper relation.

For holding the upper portion of the radiator attached to the hanger, I provide an angular clip 32 having legs 33 and 34 which is of the same length as the support 17 and is formed with an opening in the leg 33 through which the rod 24 may extend, which opening is positioned in alignment with either of the openings 20 or 21. When the structure is assembled, the cli 32 is positioned upon the support 17, w ile the nut 25 rests directly upon the said clip. It will be noted in Figures 1 and 2 that the holes 20 and 21 are situated the same dis-y tance from the extreme edges of the an 'lar support 17 so that, when the cli 32 1s assembled relative to the support 1 the same is situated with its leg 34 parallel with the edge of the said support. The clip 32 is further constructed of such -proportions that the nut 25 engages the leg 34 and is prevented from rotating when the rod 24 or the other nut 26 is turned. Along the upper edge of the leg 34 of clip 32, I provide a longitudinal slot 35 through which a bolt 36 may pass, which bolt has a washer 37 positioned upon the same. This bolt may be-slipped between the sections 13 and 14 and through the slot 35 and the clip 32, the washer 37 engaging the radiator sections 13 and 14 and-clamping the radiator firmly against the said clip32 and the edge of the support 17. In this manner, the radiator is iirmly held in place in the upper portion of the same.

To hold the lower portion of the radiator at the required distance from the wall, I provide an arm 38 which is formed with a leg 39 adapted to engage against the wall through which the bolt 31 of the shoe 27 v may pass, which bolt serves to clamp the said arm 38 in any desired position upon the said support relative'to the wall 10 or the base board 12. When the bolt 31 is loosened,

the arm 38 rests upon the protrudin nut 26, as indicated in Figures 1 and 2 an ma be adjusted to bring the bottom of the radiatorito within the desired distance from the vrlall within the range of movement of said s oe.

In installing the radiator, the two supports 17 are first boltedto the wall in any convenient position, The clips 32 are then positioned upon the same and the rods 24 pass through the said clips and lower legs of the said supports with the nuts 25 resting upon the clips 32, as illustrated. Shoes 27 are then placed over the rods 24 and the nuts 26 loosely screwed upon the end of the said rods. The radiator may now be lifted and placed upon the portions 28 of the shoe 27 by means of which the weight of the same is carried. Theradiator may now be slid longitudinally to bring the same in the proper position for the pipe connections by swinging the rods 24 in their points of attachment to the supports 17 The bolts 36 are now paszed between the sections of the radiator through the Aslot 35 to hold the upper portion of the radiator in proper position. By this means, the supports 17 do not have to be accurately attached to the wall, still permitting the radiator to be adjusted in all three directions. By ad- 'usting the nuts 26 and the arms 38, the ottom of the radiator can be made to be positioned wherever required, so that the pipe connections for the same may be readily attached.

When the device is to be used in conjunction with a wall having no mopy board, as illustrated in Figure 1, or when the radiator is to be hung above the mop board, the support 17 is reversed, placing the long leg -19 against the wall with the shorter leg 18 vextending outwardly from the same. The hole 20 in this leg being closer to the co1"- ner 23 than the hole 21 brings the rod 24 closer to the wall as illustrated in Figure'l. By adjusting the arm 38, the radiator can be properly positioned as required. It may further be stated that the adjustable arm 38 permits of adjusting the radiator to varying thicknesses of mop board as well as positioning the radiatorin inclined relation to the wall, when desired.

The advantages of my; invention are manifest. An extremely simple device is provided by means of which the radiator can be positioned at two distances outwardly from the wall to accommodate the installation of the radiator in buildings in which afi connections can be readily made without hindrance. The device may be constructed of standard stock materials and can be made at a very economical cost.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principles. of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A radiator hanger comprising an angular support, having two legs of unequal length, a bolt passing through one of said legs for clamping the same against a wall, a rod hung from the other of said legs, a radiator supported at its lower portion from said rod, a separate clip having two arms extending angularly With respect to each other positioned upon said support and held in place by ysaid rod and a bolt` slidably connected to said clip for holding the u per portion of the radiator in place.

2. radiator hanger comprisin an angular su port having a leg adapter? to be attache to a wall and (another leg of greater length extending outwardly therefrom, a separate clip mounted upon said outstanding legrv of said angular support having one leg resting thereupon and another leg extending at an angle thereto, a rod passing through the adjoining legs of said support and clip, a nut screwed upon said rod seated upon said clip, means secured to the lower end of said rod for supporting a radiator at the lower portion thereof and a bolt conl nected with the upstanding leg of said cli 'for holding the upper portion of the radlator in place.v

3. A radiator hanger, including an .angular support having two legs of unequal length adapted to be secured to the wall,

means connecting with said support for engaging the lower portion of the radiator, a member detachably secured on said support, a slot formed in said member and bolt means adapted to extend through a portion of the radiator and engage in said slot to adjustably support the upper portion of the radiator to said wall support.

4. A radiator hanger comprising a support adapted to be attached to a wall, a rod attached at its upper end to said support, a shoe secured to said rod for supporting the lower end` of the radiator, a slotted wall rest extending along and to the rear of said shoe and bolt means adapted to extend through said slot of said wall rest and through said shoe to adjustably position said wall rest in relation to said shoe to aline the lower portion of the radiator to conform with said sup ort attached to the wall.

HEN Y A. SWARTZ, JR. 

